Job Details

We are looking for an experienced Secretary to join us in supporting our clinical teams working with adults experiencing mental health difficulties in the community. 

Based at our Swandean site in Worthing you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing a full secretarial service including: providing a comprehensive, high quality secretarial service to doctors and clinicians and organising client appointments, updating calendars, booking interpreters as necessary.

You will be required to:

• Provide a comprehensive, high quality secretarial service to doctors and clinicians.
• Organise client appointments, updating calendars, booking interpreters as required
• Deal sensitively with people, both on the telephone and in person, taking accurate messages and relaying them to the appropriate people and/or taking follow up action as required using appropriate initiative.
• Provide reception cover for visitors at our team bases as required.

SPFT is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We particularly welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and from disabled candidates, as these groups are currently underrepresented.

Essential criteria

• NVQ 3 or equivalent
• RSA 3 or equivalent experience and evidence of further practical experience or equivalent
• Good standard of secondary education; GCSE at Grade C or above or equivalent

Knowledge/Experience - Essential criteria

• Proven experience of a range of secretarial procedures
• Experience of producing documents to a high standard of presentation with good accuracy
• Experience of maintaining office systems
• Experience of working as part of a team